'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎857] (912/1050)

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intermarry freely among themselves. They are not divided into sections properly
so-called, but some of them form groups named after a common ancestor, more or less
remote, or after the place from which they have come; such are the Al Bu Fakhru
group, to which a fourth of the Huwalah settled at D5hah in Qatar belong, and the
group of the Kashkunarlyah, who are said to have immigrated from a place Kash-
kunar, situated in Gabandi in Persia, inland of the Shibkuh coast. It is uncertain
whether the Mahandah and Sulutah, who have preserved their tribal character though
according to some accounts they lived for a time in Persia, should be classed as
Huwailah or not. The Bani Malik of Qatar, other than the Sulutah, are always ranked
among the Huwalah*
Religion and characler* —The Huluwah are, as already indicated, all Sunnis; but
some belong to the Maliki and some to the Shafi' school for the sect. They have
altogether lost their fighting instincts and are entirely given up to commerce, the
handicrafts and other money-making pursuits, some on a large and some on a humble
scale.
Numbers and distribution* —In Bahrain Huwalah are found at Halat-bin-Anas,
10 houses; Budaiya' 50 houses; Hadd, 20 houses; Manamah, 1,000 houses; and
Muharraq Town, 2,000 houses* In Qatar there are 200 houses of Huwalah at Dohah
and an equal number at Wakrah ; and a few, chiefly artisans, are found at the towns
of Hofftf and Qatif* Those of Trucial 'Oman are 300 house-holds and are all settled at
Sharjah Town; while those of Sirri, numbering 30 families, are said to be immigrants
from Trucial ' Oman.' The total number of Huwalah in the part of Arabia where
they are called by this name mav be roughly estimated at 18,000 souls.
HCWALAH—
Set Manamah.
HCWAR ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )—
See 'Uthrub*
HUWARAH—
A place mentioned by Palgrave (who spells it Howarah, 44 a word implying white-
ness") as being situated on the Pirate Coast of 'Oman between Sharjah and 'Ajman.
It is probably identical with Hairah in the Sharjah Principality {q.v.),
HUWASH1LAH (Tribe)—
See Dawasir (Tribe).
HUWAZIN (Tribe)—
A tribe mentioned by Palgrave as living in the vicinity of
are possibly identical with the 'Awazim {q.v<), as are also
Azzamees*
HUWWARAH (Jabal-al)—
A great table-rock in Hejaz which dominates the plain of Madain Salih, or Al-Hajr
from the western side of the Hejaz railway. It has a flat top with cliffs 600 feet high
and is the mountain which opened to receive the calf of Nabi Salih's miraculous she
camel. On the top of Jabal-al-Huwwarah there is said to be vast hidden treasury
which if removed will bring calamity to all those concerned.—(Do m ^/*/).
HUYUD (Tribe)—
See 'Oman (Sultanate); Hinawi tribes.
HCZ RIDH-YO—
See 'Abbadan.
HUZ 'UMAR—
See 'Abbadan.
small coastal district of the Hasa Sanjaq in Eastern Arabia : it extends, upon tha
sea from the foot of Musallamiyah bay on the north to the foot of Dohat-ad-Dafi on
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perhaps Palgrave 'a